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UDiTE COVID-19 Forum

In February 2021, UDITE conducted a survey of its national associations to better understand the emerging preoccupations of Chief Executives in local authorities throughout Europe. At the heart of the survey were two key questions. The first, sought to identify the top 5 needs that local leaders needed support with during the COVID-19 crisis and the second, to identify the top 5 risks that have been experienced during the pandemic by professionals in the sector.

Based upon 139 responses from 9 countries to the first question, our survey indicated that agile and effective communications and transparency protocols were vital at the earliest stage to build confidence amongst employees of the local authority and more broadly citizens. The second most important priority focused upon the rapidly evolving human resources dimension during the pandemic from the perspective of developing new ways of working, support for remote workers and monitoring the mental health of employees working from home to ensure a sustainable work life balance despite the major changes in working patterns that have occurred in such a short period of time.

In the second question, UDITE sought to better understand the dimension of risk management during the pandemic of local authorities and their managers. Responses indicated a major preoccupation with the risk of regular business processes being destabilised by the pandemic. The second concern focused upon the longer term impact on local authority financing as a legacy from the pandemic. Concerns focused around the rapid lifting of furloughs and government support for SMEs and their employees that if done too quickly would have a knock on with increasing business failures and eventually a fall in local tax revenues for local authorities.

The UDITE Conference takes place on 15th-16th October, 2021 and will discuss further these aspects and will hear from University and experts and a representative from the OECD who will look at the broader impacts of the pandemic. Register now to join the discussion in Metz or online.

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Published 08 February 2021

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EWRC 2020 - COVID-19 AND FUTURE COHESION POLICY: THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

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Published 23 November 2020

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COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS AND OECD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT LOCAL AND REGIONAL IMPACT OF COVID-19

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Published 15 June 2020

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UDITE PRESIDENT MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY TO CEOs AND CITY MANAGERS AT ICMA

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Published 08 June 2020

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A EUROPEAN ROADMAP TO LIFTING CORONAVIRUS CONTAINMENT MEASURES

Published 26 May 2020

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ORGANISATION OF THE EUROPEAN TERRITORY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19, BETWEEN COOPERATION AND WITHDRAWAL

At a time when helicopters, military aircraft and medical TGVs are being mobilised to deal with the saturation of health systems, European coordination seems no less difficult to achieve. A con..

Published 26 May 2020

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NOTIFICATION TO THE EU OF FRONTIER CLOSURES IN THE 26 STRONG SCHENGEN PASSPORT/VISA FREE ZONE

The 26 country Schengen passport free zone was suspended with multiple member states confirming their intention to close borders.

Published 26 May 2020

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LATEST OECD REPORT - CITIES POLICY RESPONSES

Since early March, the OECD has been collecting local policy responses aimed at containing the spread of the virus and protecting residents and local economies. This note provides an upda..

Published 26 May 2020

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CITIES ON THE FRONTLINE - INTERNATIONAL LESSONS ON RECOVERY FROM COVID-19

Weekly Briefing: May 14th 2020 Cities for a Resilient Recovery: International Lessons on recovery from COVID-19 Produced by The University of Manchester, UK (Professor Duncan Shaw, Dr Jennifer ..

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Published 26 May 2020

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LATEST OECD REPORT - THE TERRITORIAL IMPACT OF COVID-19: MANAGING THE CRISIS ACROSS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

With more than 1 million people around the world affected by COVID-19 and half of the world population experiencing confinement measures, national and subnational governments are adoptin..

Published 26 May 2020

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION RELEASES COVID-19 RELATED GUIDANCE ON URBAN MOBILITY

The European Commission has released guidance on how to safely resume travel and tourism as COVID-19 restrictions begin to soften. As part of this, the Commission is encouraging and supporting th..

Published 20 May 2020

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HOW TO UPGRADE THE EU’S COVID RESPONSE IN THE TERRITORIES?

While all of Europe is reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, the crisis undeniably has a strong territorial dimension. Some localities and territories are more severely affected and different re..

Published 28 April 2020

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SAFELY COLLECTING HOUSEHOLD WASTE IN THE AGE OF COVID-19

Safely collecting household waste in the age of COVID-19 Cities and regions across Europe face many challenges in collecting household waste while limiting the spread of the coronavirus. To con..

Published 28 April 2020

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#EUvsVIRUS PAN-EUROPEAN HACKATHON: CAN YOU HACK IT - 24TH - 26TH APRIL 2020

#EUvsVirus - The pan European hackathon Together with European society, the European Commission is looking for solutions to challenges related to the coronavirus. Between 24 and 26 Ap..

Published 15 April 2020

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CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE INVESTMENT INITIATIVE

Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative General objective: To use all the means at our disposal to fight against the coronavirus and its economic spin-offs; Cohesion policy funds av..

Published 14 April 2020

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HEALTH CRISIS: FRENCH CEOS ASSOCIATION MAKES ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ON PAID LEAVE AND WORKING TIME

French government guidance on the treatment of paid holidays and other contractual issues during the COVID-19 crisis. The French local government CEOs federation (SNDGCT) is already working on ..

Published 14 April 2020

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COVID-19: HOW TO PROTECT AGAINST FALSIFIED MEDICAL PRODUCTS?

At a time when the Covid-19 epidemic is posing unprecedented challenges to the health sector, the Council of Europe calls on governments to be extremely vigilant against counterfeit or falsif..

Published 14 April 2020

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EU COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS LAUNCHES COVID-19 EXCHANGE PLATFORM

An exchange platform will help sharing needs and solutions, will enhance mutual support and act as a feedback mechanism to enable a reality check of the EU measures from the local and regional an..

Published 14 April 2020

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CORONAVIRUS: THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION MOBILISES ALL OF ITS RESOURCES TO PROTECT LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS

Published 14 April 2020

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COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS LINKS TO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION COVID-19 RESOURCES

Austria: Stätdebund , Gemeindebund Belgium: VVSG , UVCW , Brulocalis Bulgaria: NAMRB Czechia: SMO CR Denmark: KL Estonia: AECM Finland: AFLRA Germany: DStGB..

Published 14 April 2020

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